The influence of motivation, working condition and organizational commitment on performance of civil service in Nigeria

This study examined the influence of motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic), working conditions (physical environment, psychosocial and work-life balance) and organizational commitment (affective, normative, and continuance) on performance (task and contextual) with the mediating role of perceived org...

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Main Author:	Baba, Abubakar Isah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2019
Subjects:	HD58.7 Organizational Behavior.
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8955/1/S99024_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8955/2/S99024_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8955/3/s99024_references.docx
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spelling	my-uum-etd.89552022-05-09T03:51:04Z The influence of motivation, working condition and organizational commitment on performance of civil service in Nigeria 2019 Baba, Abubakar Isah Gazali, Sabarani Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government HD58.7 Organizational Behavior. This study examined the influence of motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic), working conditions (physical environment, psychosocial and work-life balance) and organizational commitment (affective, normative, and continuance) on performance (task and contextual) with the mediating role of perceived organizational justice. Data were collected by administering 432 sets of questionnaire to civil servants in Sokoto State Nigeria. Partial Least Squares Method (PLS) algorithm and bootstrap techniques were used to test the hypotheses. The results provided support for some of the hypothesized relationships in the study. Specifically, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and affective commitment were significantly and positively related to task and contextual performance. However, physical environment, psychosocial environment, work-life balance, normative and continuance commitment were significantly and negatively related to both task and contextual performance. Additionally, perceived organizational justice was significantly and positively related to task and contextual performance. More so, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, psychosocial environment, affective and continuance commitments were significantly and positively related to perceived organizational justice. Furthermore, the results of mediation indicated that all three mediations at the construct level and 10 out of 16 dimensional hypotheses were significant. Taken together, these findings suggest that the variables are important in influencing an employee‟s task and contextual performance. As such, organizations should provide adequate motivation, a friendly working environment and commitment as well as fair treatment of workers with a view in enhancing their performance. Contributions, limitations and implications were then discussed. 2019 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/8955/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/8955/1/S99024_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8955/2/S99024_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8955/3/s99024_references.docx text eng public other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language	eng eng eng
advisor	Gazali, Sabarani
topic	HD58.7 Organizational Behavior.
spellingShingle	HD58.7 Organizational Behavior. Baba, Abubakar Isah The influence of motivation, working condition and organizational commitment on performance of civil service in Nigeria
description	This study examined the influence of motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic), working conditions (physical environment, psychosocial and work-life balance) and organizational commitment (affective, normative, and continuance) on performance (task and contextual) with the mediating role of perceived organizational justice. Data were collected by administering 432 sets of questionnaire to civil servants in Sokoto State Nigeria. Partial Least Squares Method (PLS) algorithm and bootstrap techniques were used to test the hypotheses. The results provided support for some of the hypothesized relationships in the study. Specifically, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and affective commitment were significantly and positively related to task and contextual performance. However, physical environment, psychosocial environment, work-life balance, normative and continuance commitment were significantly and negatively related to both task and contextual performance. Additionally, perceived organizational justice was significantly and positively related to task and contextual performance. More so, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, psychosocial environment, affective and continuance commitments were significantly and positively related to perceived organizational justice. Furthermore, the results of mediation indicated that all three mediations at the construct level and 10 out of 16 dimensional hypotheses were significant. Taken together, these findings suggest that the variables are important in influencing an employee‟s task and contextual performance. As such, organizations should provide adequate motivation, a friendly working environment and commitment as well as fair treatment of workers with a view in enhancing their performance. Contributions, limitations and implications were then discussed.
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author	Baba, Abubakar Isah
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title	The influence of motivation, working condition and organizational commitment on performance of civil service in Nigeria
title_short	The influence of motivation, working condition and organizational commitment on performance of civil service in Nigeria
title_full	The influence of motivation, working condition and organizational commitment on performance of civil service in Nigeria
title_fullStr	The influence of motivation, working condition and organizational commitment on performance of civil service in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	The influence of motivation, working condition and organizational commitment on performance of civil service in Nigeria
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granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government
publishDate	2019
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8955/1/S99024_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8955/2/S99024_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8955/3/s99024_references.docx
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The influence of motivation, working condition and organizational commitment on performance of civil service in Nigeria

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